A research team has uncovered striking image of a pig in a limestone cave in Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. The image has been dated to at least 45,500 years old, which would make it the oldest human rock art on record. : worldnews

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The invention of probably the oldest piece of rock artwork catalogued up to now may level the way in which to even older artwork, made by the traditional people who travelled by way of the Indonesian archipelago hundreds of years in the past.

“Rock artwork produced in limestone caves can generally be dated utilizing uranium-series evaluation of calcium carbonate deposits, [or] ‘cave popcorn’, that kind naturally on the cave wall floor used as a ‘canvas’ for the artwork,” Professor Aubert stated.

Professor Brumm stated as they dated more and more older cave artwork within the Indonesian archipelago and its surrounding space, they’d strengthen the proof for rock artwork being a bit of cultural heritage handed down over hundreds of years as people made their first epic voyage into the unknown.

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